Door controller



P. A. B008.

DOOR CONTROLLER.

APPLICATION r1150 OCT. 29. 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29.191]- 1,818,349. Patented Oct. 14,1919.

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PETER ALOYSiEUS 3008, OF OCON'OMOWOC, WISCONSIN. v

DOOR-CONTROLLER.

Application filed October 29, 1917.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, PETER ALoYsIUs Boos, acitizen of the United States, and resident of ,Oconomowoc, in the countyof Waukesha and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Door-Controllers, of which the following is adescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements 1n door controllers moreparticularly adapted for opening and closing garage doors.

In order to open garage or other like doors of ordinary construction itis necessary to stop and get out of the vehicle a short distance fromthe garage, unlock and open the door and then reenter the vehicle to runit into the garage. In running the vehicle out of the garage the sameoperations, partly in reverse order, are necessary.

It is one of the objects of the present invention to overcome the beforementioned objectionable features and provide a door controller wherebyone or more doors of a garage may be opened or closed from a pointoutside of the arage.

A further 0 ject of the invention is to provide a door controller havingmeans outside of the garage for locking the door or doors ineither openor closed position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door controller withwhich the door or doors may be yieldingly maintained in an open orclosed or in an intermediate position.

A further obj ect of the invention is to provide a 'door controlleractuated electrically from a point distant from the garage.

A further object of the invention is to provide a door controller whichis of simple construction, is strong and durable and well adapted forthe purpose described.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of theimproved door controller and its parts and combinations as set forth inthe claims, and all equivalents thereof...

In the accompanying drawings in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views:

Figure 1 is a top view of the improved door controller shown mounted ona portion of a garage, portions of the arage being shown in crosssection and the figure also in- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Got. 114, 1919.

Serial No. 199,081.

Fig. 5 is an edge detail view on a larger scale of the actuating lever;

Fig. 6 is a side view partly in section of an electrically actuated doorcontroller; and

Fig. 7 is a top view thereof, parts of the garage being shown insection.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 10 indicates a portion of a garageor other building, 11. the hinged doors thereof and 12 the improved doorcontroller mounted thereon.

The doors of the garage shown swing outwardly but it is to beunderstoodthat the controller may be used in connection with a garage havinginwardly swinging doors.

In using the controller on buildings, with double doors-as shown, theframe on opposite sides of-the doors isprovided with U- shaped inwardlyprojecting brackets 13 forming bearings for vertically extending rockshafts 14 and 14 which are connected together to rock in oppositedirections by levers '15 and 15 and a connecting rod 16. The levers arepinned or otherwise mounted on the upper ends of the rock shafts abovethe brackets, one extending inwardly and the other extending outwardlyand their free end portions are pivoted to the connecting rod 16. Doorlevers 17 and 17 "mounted and pinned on the upper end portion of therock shafts between the upper brackets 13 and the levers 15 and 15extend approximately in a direction toward each other and their freeends are preferably bifurcated to pivot the inner ends of connectingdoor rods 18 and 18' thereto. The door rods extend toward the respectivedoors 11 and at their outer ends are pivoted to eared door brackets 19and 19' which are mounted on the reproach to the garage. The actuatingrod 21 extends outwardly from the garage to a convenient point and itsouter end is pivoted to the lower end portion of an operating lever 22forming part of a controlling mechanism 23. The lever is fulcrumed onthe standard frame 2 and pro ects upwardly therefrom in the form of anoperating handle 2-5. The frame 24 is formed with a segmental portion 26having notches 27 to receive the angular lower end portion of the springactuated dog 28 which is mounted on the operating lever and yieldinglyenters the notches 27 to hold the lever and the doors moved thereby inadjusted position. The said notches are of rounded form. and while ofsuflicient depth to maintain the parts in adjusted position will permitthe operating lever to be freely swung to any desired position.

The operating lever 22 's provided with an opening 29 which ispositioned to register with either one of two openings 30 formed in thestandard frame 24:. These last mentioned openings correspond with theangle of the operating lever 22 when the doors are in open or closedposition so that a padlock 31 having its locking bolt or staple 32extending through the registering openings 29 and 20 will lock the doorsin said adusted position.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the rock shaft 14 is of lesslength and a worm wheel 33 is mounted and pinned to the lower endportion of said shaft in lieu of the lever arm 20. An electric motor 34mounted on a bracket 34 attached to the garage adjacent the worm wheelis provided with a worm 35 which meshes with the worm wheel 33 andtransmits motion thereto. Electric current supply wires 36 are connectedto said motor and extend therefrom downwardly and then out of thebuilding and beneath the surface of the road to the point of control 37.From the point ofcontrol the wires extend to a source of current sup ly.The point of control comprises pre erably a double throw reversibleknife switch 38 mounted on a support 39 which is adapted to reverse thedirection of rotation of the motor and thereby turn the rock shafts toopen or close the garage doors.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the door controlleris of very simple construction and may be easily actuated exteriorly ofthe building to openor close or lock the doors.

What Iclaim as my invention is: I

1. The combination with a building hav-' ing a hinged door, of a meansfor opening and closing said door, comprising a rock shaft, a levermounted on the rock shaft, a bracket mounted on the door, a rodconnecting the lever to the bracket, a lever arm and closing said door,comprising a rock shaft, a lever mounted on the rock shaft, a bracketmounted on the door, 'a rod connecting the lever to the bracket, a leverarm mounted on the rock shaft, a standard frame positioned exteriorly ofthe building, a manually operable lever fulcrumed on the standard frameand extending downwardly therefrom, means for yieldingly maintaining thelever in adjusted position,'other means for locking the lever inadjusted position,and a rod connecting the lower end of the operatinglever to'tlie lever arm.

3. The combination with a building having hinged swinging doors, of ameans for opening and closing said doors, comprising rock shafts mountedadjacent the hinged portions of said doors, brackets mounted on thedoors, levers mounted on the upper end portions of the rock shafts, rodsconnecting the levers to the brackets, other levers mounted on the rockshafts, a rod connect ing the last mentioned levers together to turnsaid rock shafts in opposite direction, a manually operable leverpositioned remote from the doors, means for yieldingly maintaining thelever in adjusted position, a lever arm mounted on one of the rockshafts, and a rod connecting the lever arm to the operating lever. I

4. The combination with a building having hinged swinging doors, of'ameans for opening and closing said doors comprising rock shafts mountedadjacent the hinged portions of said doors, brackets mounted on thedoors, levers mounted on the upper end portions of the rock shafts, rodsconnecting the levers to the brackets, other levers mounted on the rockshafts, a rod connecting the last mentioned levers together to.turns'aid rock shafts in opposite directions,

a standard frame positioned exteriorly of the building, an operatinglever fulcrumed on the standard frame'and extending downwardlytherefrom, means for 'yieldingly maintaining the. lever in adjustedposition,

means for locking the operating lever in ad-' justed position, a leverarm mounted on one of the rock shafts, and a rod connecting the leverarm to the operating lever.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature.

PETER ALOYSIUS B008.

